| Grammar Notes: Como estava chovendo naquele dia, quase voltamos para casa, mas decidimos caminhar um pouco mais e nos deparamos com esse arco-íris duplo em Camden, Londres. 1. Como estava chovendo naquele dia: "As it was raining that day" - Como (pronounced: /ˈkɔ.mu/): "As" or "since" (used to introduce a reason or cause) - estava (pronounced: /esˈta.va/): "was" (imperfect past tense of the verb estar (to be)) - chovendo (pronounced: /ʃoˈvẽ.du/): "raining" (present participle of the verb chover (to rain)) - naquele (pronounced: /naˈke.li/): "that" (demonstrative pronoun for something specific in the past, masculine singular) - dia (pronounced: /ˈdi.ɐ/): "day" (masculine singular) 2. quase voltamos para casa: "we almost went back home" - quase (pronounced: /ˈkwa.zi/): "almost" (adverb) - voltamos (pronounced: /volˈtɐ̃.us/): "we went back" (first person plural form of the verb voltar (to return)) - para (pronounced: /ˈpa.ɾɐ/): "to" or "for" (preposition indicating direction or purpose) - casa (pronounced: /ˈka.zɐ/): "home" (feminine singular) 3. mas decidimos caminhar um pouco mais: "but we decided to walk a bit more" - mas (pronounced: /mas/): "but" (conjunction used to contrast ideas) - decidimos (pronounced: /de.siˈdi.mus/): "we decided" (first person plural form of the verb decidir (to decide)) - caminhar (pronounced: /kɐ.miˈɲaʁ/): "to walk" (infinitive verb) - um pouco mais (pronounced: /ũ ˈpou.ku ˈmãjs/): "a bit more" (phrase where um pouco means "a bit" and mais means "more") 4. e nos deparamos com esse arco-íris duplo em Camden, Londres: "and we came across this double rainbow in Camden, London" - e (pronounced: /i/): "and" (conjunction used to connect clauses) - nos deparamos (pronounced: /nus de.paˈɾã.mus/): "we came across" (first person plural form of the verb deparar-se (to come across, to encounter)) - com (pronounced: /kõ/): "with" (preposition indicating association or encounter) - esse (pronounced: /ˈɛ.si/): "this" (demonstrative pronoun for something close, masculine singular) - arco-íris (pronounced: /ˈaʁ.ku ˈi.ɾis/): "rainbow" (masculine singular) - duplo (pronounced: /ˈdu.plo/): "double" (adjective) - em (pronounced: /ẽ/): "in" (preposition indicating location) - Camden (pronounced: /ˈkæm.dən/): Place name, remains the same - Londres (pronounced: /ˈlõ.dɾis/): "London" (place name, remains the same) Grammar Tip: In Portuguese, estava chovendo (was raining) uses the imperfect past tense to describe ongoing actions in the past. Deparamos com (came across) uses the verb deparar-se with com to indicate encountering something. Related Words: 1. Chover (to rain): - chove (pronounced: /ˈʃo.vi/): "it rains" (present tense, third person singular) - chuva (pronounced: /ˈʃu.vɐ/): "rain" (noun) 2. Decidir (to decide): - decido (pronounced: /deˈsi.du/): "I decide" (present tense, first person singular) - decisão (pronounced: /de.siˈzɐ̃w̃/): "decision" (noun) 3. Arco-íris (rainbow): - arco-íris (plural: arco-íris): "rainbows" - colorido (pronounced: /ko.loˈɾi.du/): "colorful" (adjective related to rainbows) |
